>> thank you for watching. getting answers today. we'll be here every weekday at 3:00, answering questions with experts from around the bay area. coming up on abc seven news at four new developments in the ongoing battle over a planned name change for the oakland airport. now, san francisco is suing the port of oakland over that change. more on that battle coming up at four. world news tonight with david muir is coming up next. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the full jury has just been seated in donald trump's criminal trial. what we know about the jurors who will decide trump's fate, and when this trial now begins. also breaking news tonight, the scare on the runway.

two passenger jets just missing each other. first tonight, the judge in donald trump's criminal trial, telling the court, we have our jury. seven men, five women, plus one alternate already. what one juror said during questioning right in front of donald trump. aaron katersky at the courthouse. also tonight, that near collision at reagan airport in washington. >> southwest 2937, stop. >> david: a southwest jet cleared to taxi right in front of another southwest jet. the frantic calls with the control tower, seconds from a collision. in new york city tonight, the nypd, some officers in riot gear, descending on columbia university, arresting dozens of pro-palestinian demonstrators. why they moved in. the severe storms we're watching at this hour. multiple states. possible tornadoes, damaging winds. this then moves east. rob marciano with the newest track. tonight, we are learning more, after those horrific images after a homeowner with a begin who shot and killed a

61-year-old uber driver. the uber driver was unknowingly sent by scammers. tonight, you'll hear what happens when the scammer calls the white house while the police were there. tonight, the race for president. more than a dozen members of the kennedy family endorsing president biden, speaking out publicly tonight about their own brother, rfk jr., running for president. they are concerned their brother could be a spoiler in this election. they fear taking votes from joe biden, with the kennedy name. the horrific scene, a car crashing into a bus stop. multiple people dead. the driver arrested for driving under the influence, speeding and going the wrong way. the 911 outage across several states. people unable to call 911 for hours, amid concern this was a cyber attack. authorities tonight with what was behind it. and the tributes tonight, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist behind so many songs, from "rambling man" to "jessica"

to "blue sky," we'll listen to them all. good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we have late reporting on two passenger jets narrowly missing one another. the frantic calls to the control tower. but we do begin with the breaking news in the criminal trial of donald trump here in new york. tonight, the judge telling the court, we now have our jury. seven men and five women, plus one alternate already. donald trump leaving trump tower for the courthouse this morning. the first former president to face a criminal trial. today, the judge decision missing two jurors, and tonight, you'll hear why. but both sides pressing ahead, questioning several more jurors, and then late today, the judge revealing 12 new yorkers have now been chosen to decide trump's fate. and what we are already learning about the jurors who will hear this case. abc's aaron katersky leading us off outside the courthouse tonight.

>> reporter: tonight, the jury is set in the first criminal trial of a former president. seven men and five women will decide whether donald trump falsified business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn actress stormy daniels, to hide their alleged affair from voters before the 2016 election. it came after a morning of setbacks. with trump looking on, two jurors selected earlier in the week removed by judge juan merchan. the first, an oncology nurse, asking to be let go, saying she "definitely has concerns now" about her identity becoming public. she had already received questions from friends, colleagues, and family, adding, "i don't believe at this point that i can be fair and unbiased." another juror ousted for a different reason -- prosecutors determining an i.t. consultant did not answer the juror questionnaire truthfully by failing to reveal his arrest in the 1990s for "tearing down political advertisements." lawyers for the prosecution and defense then questioning a new batch of jurors to fill out the

rest of the 12-person jury, plus six alternates. as trump looked on, prosecutors warning, "some of the witnesses have what you might consider some baggage," ticking them off one by one -- "a tabloid publisher," "a porn star," and a "former lawyer" for trump who has pleaded guilty to other crimes. "will you keep an open mind?" the prosecutor asked. at the end of the day, a rush of activity, seven new jurors seated. the judge declare, "we have our jury." among the newly chosen, a speech therapist, a physical therapist, a security engineer, an mba in finance, a wealth manager, a man who works for an eyewear company, and a woman who said she works in product development, and expressed some rather strong views about trump. as the former president listened intently, sometimes fidgeting, the woman told the court, "i don't like his persona. he is just very selfish and self-serving. i don't really appreciate that in any public servant. how he carries himself in public, it's not my cup of tea." the woman conceding she doesn't like trump, but she pledged to

be fair. after a full day in court, trump clearly exasperated. >> it's a shame. and i'm sitting here for days now, from morning until night in that freezing room. freezing. everybody was freezing in there. and all for this. >> david: so, let's get right to aaron katersky live outside the courthouse again tonight. aaron, the jury now seated. they still need to select, of course, addition alabamaer the gnats. they'll move forward with this tomorrow. but the trial could actually start on monday? >> reporter: opening statements could begin monday, in fact, david. they have one alternate juror already, so, they need five more. and the judge is hoping for openings on monday, followed by perhaps six weeks of testimony. prosecutors, though, late today, david, refused to say who their first witnesses would be, they said they feared trump would only publicly attack them. david? >> david: aaron katersky leading us off with the breaking developments, the jury now seated in this case. we have late reporting tonight after a very close call on the runway.

two passenger jets just missing one another in washington, d.c. a jetblue flight cleared for takeoff, a southwest plane cleared to cross over the same runway. then the fran sick calls with the control tower. the two passenger jets just seconds from a collision. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the heart-stopping moment at one of the nation's busiest airports. listen to the panic in the control tower as two packed passenger planes narrowly missed colliding at washington's reagan national airport. >> jetblue 1554, stop. jetblue 1554. stop. >> southwest, stop! southwest 2937, stop! > we stopped. we were cleared to cross runway 4. >> reporter: federal investigators say an air traffic controller instructed that southwest flight bound for orlando to taxi across a runway. seconds later, a boston-bound jetblue flight was cleared for takeoff, engines roaring, rolling down that same runway, setting both planes on a path to collision. listen again as air traffic controllers realized what was happening -- >> jetblue 1554, stop. jetblue 1554. stop.

>> southwest, stop! southwest 2937, stop! >> reporter: those jetblue pilots quickly aborting takeoff, slamming on the brakes, surprising passengers. >> we were on the runway taking flight, and then they hit the brakes. >> reporter: the taxiing southwest plane stopping, as well. both jets coming within 400 feet of each other, according to flight radar-24 data, just seconds away from disaster. >> this was a very serious situation, because there was almost no margin for any further error. >> reporter: and david, the faa is now investigating. now, we should tell you, federal authorities have been working to improve air track control after several close calls last year. fast too many, david. >> david: gio, thank you. here in new york city tonight, protests and arrests at columbia university. here are the pictures. the nypd, some officers in riot gear, desengd on columbia you arresting dozens of pro-palestinian demonstrators. it comes after the university president was called before congress to address accusations

of anti-semitism on campus. abc's stephanie ramos tonight at columbia. >> reporter: tonight, nypd officers descending on columbia university, arresting dozens of pro-palestinian protesters. >> i'm just standing here. why are you doing this to me? >> reporter: police, some in rye yat gear, moving in at the request of the university's president, to clear demonstrators who set up a tent encampment, refusing to leave overnight, calling on columbia to divest from companies with ties to israel. >> shame on you! >> reporter: the daughter of u.s. representative ilhan omar saying she has been suspended from barnard college for protesting at columbia. late today, demonstrators shutting down streets around the school. what brought you out here? >> i'm showing solidarity with the palestinian community and columbia. and i think it's horrific what the israeli army is doing to the civilian population in gaza. >> reporter: it comes just 24 hours after the president of columbia was grilled on capitol hill over her handling

of anti-semitism on campus. >> there's evidence of antisemitism among professors on your faculty? >> we have seen some cases and there have been consequences. >> reporter: dr. minouche shafik is facing calls for her resignation. many jewish students say they are subjected to a hostile environment since the start of the war in gaza. >> thank you to the nypd for dismantling the encampment. >> reporter: since the october 7th attack in israel, ant anti-semitic incidents have tripled on college campuses, up 140% nationwide. for months, the war in gaza has divided college campuses. today, in los angeles, protests in support of free speech at usc, after the university canceled a speech by this year's valedictorian asna tabassum, citing safety concerns. jewish groups accusing her of anti-semitism, pointing to anti-israel links on social media. >> that makes us jewish students at usc feel unsafe, unheard, and targeted.

>> reporter: tonight that valedictorian says she doesn't regret her activism. >> it's not about the speech. it's about representation. it's about the principle. >> reporter: david, the situation here is not over. we are here in front of columbia university, where another group of student protesters have just marched, camping themselves right here outside of the campus, and many of those student protesters telling me they plan on staying here overnight. david? >> david: stephanie ramos, thank you. we turn next here tonight to yet another round of severe storms, more than 30 million americans on the path tonight, across several states from texas to indiana, and then the system moves east. the system moving across the heartland at this hour, possible tornadoes, damaging winds and hail from dallas to nashville to indianapolis. senior meteorologist rob marciano back with us tonight. hey, rob. >> hi, david. very active ray door again. tornadoes northeast and southwest of st. louis, right around now. we've got an active warning there, including severe

thunderstorm watches that stretch from southern illinois all the way down through texas and another one with a warmed up storm in parts of mississippi. this crosses the mississippi toni tonight. after it does that, it will begin to weaken. the southern part of this system falls apart, so some towns in the southeast are going to sizzle with potentially record high temperatures in tallahassee and jacksonville, with temps over 90 degrees. here in the northeast, another cold rain coming tomorrow night. david? >> david: rob, thank you. we turn now to the case that has horrified this nation, we're learning more tonight after those awful images of a homeowner with a gun who then shot and killed a 61-year-old uber driver. police say the homeowner had been called by scammers, they say the uber driver was unknowingly sent by scammers, too. tonight, you will hear what happens when the alleged scammer then calls the house while authorities are there. here's alex perez. >> reporter: tonight, after that >> reporter: tonight, they are the deeply unsettling images that have horrified the country. the ohio homeowner pointing his gun at a 61-year-old uber driver

who was simply there, authorities say, to pick up a package. investigators say the homeowner had been duped by scammers who called him and he thought the driver was in on it. but she had no idea what she was walking into. tonight, the new and difficult images of what played out after he shot and killed her. 81-year-old william brock seen moments after he shot 61-year-old loletha hall, telling clark county deputies he had received a call from someone demands $12,000 for bail money for a relative of his. it was a scam. >> i've been on this phone for a couple hours with had guy trying to say that he had a nephew in jail, had a wreck in charleston and just kept hanging on, and needing bond money and this woman was supposed to -- >> so it was a scam. >> reporter: authorities believe the same scammers directed that uber driver through the app, hiring her to pick up a package from brock's home, wouft telling

her what they told him. she was instead confronted at gunpoint. >> help! help! help! >> reporter: hall attempts to get in her car to get to safety, but brock stops her from leaving, shooting her three times, then calling 911. she died from her injuries. in this video, you can hear a man believed to be the scammer calling the home again. >> may i ask who i'm talking to? >> yeah, this is the officer speaking. >> okay, what officer? >> yes. >> no, i need to know what officer, sir. >> you going to be in trouble. >> okay. let me ask you this, the female you sent over here, you know who she is? >> yes, i do. >> okay, well, she's been in an accident, and this is actually an officer. it's detective cruz with the clark county sheriff's office. >> reporter: and david, during that exchange, the alleged scammer agreed to meet with authorities but never showed up. they have not been caught. brock, who has been charged with murder, has pleaded not guilty. david? >> david: let's hope they find

who was behind all this. alex, thank you. we turn now to the race for president. tonight, more than a dozen members of the kennedy family have now endorsed president biden, speaking out publicly today about their own brother, rfk jr., who is running for president. they are concerned that their brother could take votes from joe biden, with the kennedy name, in this very close election. rfk jr. main tans he's no spoiler. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight in pennsylvania, members of the kennedy family, including brothers and sisters of presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr., throwing their support behind president bind, concerned rfk jr. will hand the white house back to donald trump. >> that's right. the kennedy family endorses joe biden. >> reporter: the kennedys worried rfk jr. will use his family name to win support from some democrats in a tight race where every vote will count. >> we want to make crystal clear our feeling that the best way forward for america is to

re-elect joe biden and kamala harris to four more years. >> reporter: biden, who recently welcomed the family to the white house, has called rfk jr.'s father his political hero. his bust sits in the oval office. >> mom and dad, i hope you're listening. what an incredible honor. >> reporter: rfk jr., who has famously embraced conspiracy theories about vaccines, insists he's no spoiler. >> we know what president trump and president biden are going to do if they win this election. they are going to do exactly what they did before. does anybody here want more of the same? >> reporter: i asked his sister kerry kennedy if her brother realizes the difference he could make in a close race. do you think your brother understands how high those stakes are? >> you know, i think his understanding is not the point here. the point is the understanding

of voters, and that's who really needs to understand that your vote counts. >> reporter: what do you say to someone who knows your family, knows your father and what he stood for, your uncle, but is supporting your brother because of that legacy? >> yeah, i'd say look closely at that legacy. think about who bobby kennedy was, who my father was. >> reporter: arguing that president biden would carry on the family legacy better than her own brother, well aware if people vote for rfk jr. based on the family name, it could sway this race, and polling has shown that his name in the mix does make a difference. and tonight, we have learned that robert f. kennedy jr. will also be on the ballot in the key state of michigan. david? >> david: mary, thank you. when we come back here, the deadly crash into a bus stop. multiple victims. the driver arrested for driving under the influence. and the 911 outage across several states, concerns this could be a cyberattack.

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man ♪ ♪ trying to make a living ♪ ♪ and doing the best i can ♪ >> david: born in raised in florida, right here highway 41, he sang about it in "rambling man." ♪ down highway 41 ♪ >> david: he would later talk about the inspiration for the song. >> i have an old buddy down here, an old cowboy, he would say, how are you doing, playing your music and doing the best you can, i guess. and that line just stuck in my head. ♪ trying to make a living ♪ ♪ and doing the best i can ♪ >> david: his 1972 instrumental song "jessica" named after his newborn daughter. ♪ ♪ blue sky ♪ >> david: the band would break up twice before getting back together. ♪ one more silver dollar ♪ >> david: dickey betts had said the time apart made them better. >> that period of time really

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